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[QUOTE="Hoophound, post: 4369670, member: 271"]
There was once a prediction on this board that UConn would one day find itself in the SEC. The theory was that the B1G would grow and the SEC would respond by moving up the eastern seaboard with Virginia Tech or similar and then take UConn.  It would extend the SEC's reach dramatically and it would give Northeastern viewers geographically relevant schools to pull for in the SEC.  It did and still does seem preposterous and impossible but.....

When you look at what the B1G is doing, it seems almost feasible that we could become attractive to the SEC if they decide to grow to 18-20 schools.  Not only does the Northeast have a lot of good students who might be more inclined to apply to UF, Vandy or Auburn, but the SEC is an entirely southern league (maybe not Missouri) with no representation in the northeast megalopolis.  They have nothing in NY, LA, Chicago etc.   Meanwhile, the B1G is turning into a national monster in terms of markets.  They are stretching sea to shining sea and scooping up almost every major market and most of the US population.
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